With Donald Trump’s third run for the presidency faltering as election day nears, political observers looking at his need to bring independent voters into his camp claim he is doing himself no favors this week. Still reeling from a disastrous debate performance on Tuesday when he faced off for the first time with Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump has subsequently been closely linked to far-right gadfly Laura Loomer who has been traveling with him and raising some eyebrows about their relationship. In interviews with Newsweek, two political scientists made the case that Trump is making a huge…